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My last set of pulleys began to squeal after only about 35,000 miles, so it's not a surprise. Pulleys and belts are easy and inexpensive to replace, as JKRIT said. Consider upgrading to the hydraulic...

Do you have automatic headlights? If your headlight switch has a low beam symbol with an "A" in it at 10 o'clock, then you do. See if the running lights behave differently with the automatic setting...

The components in the photo are the air flow sensor for the secondary air pump and (I think) an A/C refrigerant hose with its heat-reflective jacket. Smoke coming from that area, however, is usually...

That's too bad about AC Hydraulic. Their stands and floor jack have served us well. I bought them many, many years ago, shortly after the frame of a made-in-China, two-ton floor jack bent while I was...

I have the Danish-made AC Hydraulic flat-top stands with the round rubber pads. They were the gold standard, and more readily available in the U.S., before ESCO introduced their Chinese-made copies. ...